Science Book Summaries

The Optimist's Telescope Summary
The Optimist's Telescope
Thinking Ahead in a Reckless Age
by Bina Venkataraman 2019
3.47
579 ratings
Science
Psychology
Business
Healthy Buildings Summary
Healthy Buildings
How Indoor Spaces Drive Performance and Productivity
by Joseph G. Allen 2020 304 pages
3.97
157 ratings
Architecture
Health
Design
How Forests Think Summary
How Forests Think
Toward an Anthropology Beyond the Human
by Eduardo Kohn 2013 267 pages
3.86
970 ratings
Anthropology
Philosophy
Nature
The Horse, the Wheel, and Language Summary
The Horse, the Wheel, and Language
How Bronze-Age Riders from the Eurasian Steppes Shaped the Modern World
by David W. Anthony 2007 568 pages
3.99
3.7K ratings
History
Linguistics
Anthropology
The 10000 Year Explosion Summary
The 10000 Year Explosion
How Civilization Accelerated Human Evolution
by Gregory Cochran 2009 304 pages
3.94
1.8K ratings
Science
History
Evolution
Everything in Its Place Summary
Everything in Its Place
First Loves and Last Tales
by Oliver Sacks 2019 288 pages
4.14
3.1K ratings
Science
Essays
Memoir
Death by Comfort Summary
Death by Comfort
How modern life is killing us and what we can do about it
by Paul Taylor 2022 192 pages
4.04
343 ratings
Self Help
Health
Science
Cognitive Neuroscience Summary
Cognitive Neuroscience
A Very Short Introduction
by Richard Passingham 2016 160 pages
3.72
282 ratings
Science
Psychology
Neuroscience
The Concept of Mind Summary
The Concept of Mind
by Gilbert Ryle 1949 348 pages
3.93
1.7K ratings
Philosophy
Psychology
Science
Freakonomics Summary
Freakonomics
A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything
by Steven D. Levitt 2005 268 pages
4.01
880.8K ratings
Economics
Business
Science
Cannabis Pharmacy Summary
Cannabis Pharmacy
The Practical Guide to Medical Marijuana
by Michael Backes 2013 320 pages
4.28
474 ratings
Health
Science
Medicine
World War C Summary
World War C
Lessons from the Covid-19 Pandemic and How to Prepare for the Next One
by Sanjay Gupta 2021 290 pages
4.04
885 ratings
Science
Medical
Health
Learning from Leonardo Summary
Learning from Leonardo
Decoding the Notebooks of a Genius
by Fritjof Capra 2013 408 pages
3.96
107 ratings
Science
History
Art
The Animal Kingdom Summary
The Animal Kingdom
A Very Short Introduction
by Peter Holland 2011 144 pages
4.00
228 ratings
Science
Biology
Nature
The Sinatra Solution Summary
The Sinatra Solution
Metabolic Cardiology
by Stephen T. Sinatra 2005 254 pages
4.39
158 ratings
Health
Medical
Medicine
Successful Aging Summary
Successful Aging
A Neuroscientist Explores the Power and Potential of Our Lives
by Daniel J. Levitin 2020 528 pages
3.93
3.5K ratings
Science
Health
Psychology
Planta Sapiens Summary
Planta Sapiens
The New Science of Plant Intelligence
by Paco Calvo 2022 304 pages
3.42
683 ratings
Science
Nature
Biology
Math for Grownups Summary
Math for Grownups
by Laura Laing 2011 256 pages
3.79
150 ratings
Reference
School
Self Help
You May Also Like Summary
You May Also Like
Taste in an Age of Endless Choice
by Tom Vanderbilt 2016 320 pages
3.29
1.2K ratings
Psychology
Science
Sociology
Stephen Hawking Summary
Stephen Hawking
A Memoir of Friendship and Physics
by Leonard Mlodinow 2020 240 pages
4.02
679 ratings
Science
Biography
Memoir
The Polymath Summary
The Polymath
A Cultural History from Leonardo da Vinci to Susan Sontag
by Peter Burke 2020 352 pages
3.26
325 ratings
History
Biography
Science
The Mind within the Brain Summary
The Mind within the Brain
How We Make Decisions and How those Decisions Go Wrong
by A. David Redish 2013 392 pages
3.93
111 ratings
Psychology
Science
Neuroscience
Principles of Biochemistry Summary
Principles of Biochemistry
by Albert L. Lehninger 1970 1119 pages
4.17
2.5K ratings
Science
Textbooks
Biology
Theories of Personality Summary
Theories of Personality
by Duane P. Schultz 2000 532 pages
3.96
476 ratings
Psychology
Textbooks
Reference
The Elements of Statistical Learning Summary
The Elements of Statistical Learning
Data Mining, Inference, and Prediction
by Trevor Hastie 2001 552 pages
4.43
1.9K ratings
Mathematics
Computer Science
Science
Maxims for Thinking Analytically Summary
Maxims for Thinking Analytically
The wisdom of legendary Harvard Professor Richard Zeckhauser
by Dan Levy 2021 211 pages
3.92
543 ratings
Psychology
Self Help
Philosophy
Science Of Spice Summary
Science Of Spice
by Stuart Farrimond 2018 224 pages
4.30
577 ratings
Cookbooks
Cooking
Food
Complete Guide to Memory Summary
Complete Guide to Memory
The Science of Strengthening Your Mind
by Richard Restak 2022 216 pages
3.68
373 ratings
Science
Psychology
Health
Thinking Big Summary
Thinking Big
How the Evolution of Social Life Shaped the Human Mind
by Clive Gamble 2014 266 pages
3.67
149 ratings
Science
Psychology
Evolution
The Reality Bubble Summary
The Reality Bubble
How Science Reveals the Hidden Truths that Shape Our World
by Ziya Tong 2019 380 pages
4.19
1.3K ratings
Science
Psychology
History
Why Most Things Fail Summary
Why Most Things Fail
Evolution, Extinction and Economics
by Paul Ormerod 2005 272 pages
3.48
380 ratings
Economics
Business
Science
Write No Matter What Summary
Write No Matter What
Advice for Academics
by Joli Jensen 2017 166 pages
4.35
688 ratings
Writing
Self Help
Academia
Life Hacks Summary
Life Hacks
Any Procedure or Action That Solves a Problem, Simplifies a Task, Reduces Frustration, Etc. in One's Everyday Life
by Keith Bradford 2014 305 pages
3.75
1.2K ratings
Self Help
Reference
How To
Sex, Ecology, Spirituality Summary
Sex, Ecology, Spirituality
The Spirit of Evolution
by Ken Wilber 1995 880 pages
4.35
1.0K ratings
Philosophy
Spirituality
Psychology
Game Theory 101 Summary
Game Theory 101
The Complete Textbook
by William Spaniel 2011 278 pages
3.74
349 ratings
Mathematics
Economics
Business
How the Internet Happened Summary
How the Internet Happened
From Netscape to the iPhone
by Brian McCullough 2018 384 pages
4.28
2.0K ratings
History
Technology
Business
The Upright Thinkers Summary
The Upright Thinkers
The Human Journey from Living in Trees to Understanding the Cosmos
by Leonard Mlodinow 2015 352 pages
4.13
2.1K ratings
Science
History
Evolution
Outgrowing God Summary
Outgrowing God
A Beginner’s Guide to Atheism
by Richard Dawkins 2019 304 pages
4.06
6.0K ratings
Science
Religion
Philosophy
Origin Story Summary
Origin Story
A Big History of Everything
by David Christian 2008 357 pages
4.06
7.4K ratings
History
Science
Anthropology
The Rough Guide to Psychology Summary
The Rough Guide to Psychology
An Introduction to Human Behaviour and the Mind
by Christian Jarrett 2011 376 pages
3.98
153 ratings
Psychology
Science
Popular Science
The Fourth Dimension Summary
The Fourth Dimension
A Guided Tour of the Higher Universes
by Rudy Rucker 1984 228 pages
4.15
786 ratings
Science
Physics
Mathematics
How to Stay Smart in a Smart World Summary
How to Stay Smart in a Smart World
Why Human Intelligence Still Beats Algorithms
by Gerd Gigerenzer 2022 320 pages
3.84
438 ratings
Psychology
Science
Artificial Intelligence
Wisdom Summary
Wisdom
From Philosophy to Neuroscience
by Stephen S. Hall 2010 352 pages
3.75
342 ratings
Philosophy
Science
Psychology
The Science of Happiness Summary
The Science of Happiness
How Our Brains Make Us Happy - and What We Can Do to Get Happier
by Stefan Klein 2002 320 pages
4.08
936 ratings
Psychology
Science
Self Help
Nonsense Summary
Nonsense
The Power of Not Knowing
by Jamie Holmes 2015 336 pages
3.62
1.1K ratings
Psychology
Self Help
Science
Beyond Measure Summary
Beyond Measure
The Hidden History of Measurement from Cubits to Quantum Constants
by James Vincent 2022 432 pages
3.84
1.2K ratings
Science
History
Technology
The Day We Found the Universe Summary
The Day We Found the Universe
by Marcia Bartusiak 2009 368 pages
4.13
1.2K ratings
Science
History
Astronomy
Our Angry Earth Summary
Our Angry Earth
by Isaac Asimov 1991 323 pages
3.73
124 ratings
Science
Politics
Ecology
The Science of Good Cooking Summary
The Science of Good Cooking
Master 50 Simple Concepts to Enjoy a Lifetime of Success in the Kitchen
by Cook's Illustrated 2012 486 pages
4.44
3.2K ratings
Cookbooks
Cooking
Food
Psychotherapy Summary
Psychotherapy
A Very Short Introduction
by Tom Burns 2014 144 pages
3.75
142 ratings
Psychology
Mental Health
Medicine
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